Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga 'Born This Way' Cover Story

Lady Gaga wasn't quite born when the Grammy Awards began on Sunday, Feb. 13--she was still in her egg while she "walked" the red carpet. Later that evening, Gaga was birthed, or perhaps more accurately, rebirthed as, well, Lady Gaga.

She emerged from a now-larger egg onstage, and you could see this wasn't the same Gaga. In case you didn't catch the subtle (not a word often used to describe any part of Gaga onstage) touches: Her hair was off-pink with amniotic remnants. Her bones had structurally changed. Her shoulders now had positively Vulcan protrusions.

"My bones have changed in my face and shoulders," she says. "I am now able to reveal to the universe that when I was wearing jackets that looked like I was wearing shoulder pads, it was really just my bones underneath."

If you're looking for a self-conscious wink in any of this, you'll probably be waiting for at least a few more Gaga life spans. There's no line between Stefani Germanotta, Gaga's birth name, and Lady Gaga. There's no onstage and offstage. There's only Gaga.

Gaga seemed in good spirits as she chatted, speaking in impassioned tones about her vision for the upcoming album, and just about anything else that was asked. She even spoke for the first time about her new retail relationship with Target.

 

Music Industry

US Music Industry Called Spain and Canada “Piracy Havens”

Along with other members of the International Intellectual Property Alliance, the Recording Industry Association of America has submitted their so-called “piracy watchlist” recommendations to the Office of the US Trade Representative. In the list, two countries, Canada and Spain, are mentioned as piracy havens demanding urgent attention from the American Government. This is even though one of them has just adopted an anti-piracy legislation inspired by the United States.

Just a few days ago Spanish Congress adopted a far-reaching anti-piracy law, so-called “Sinde Act”, aimed at closing down file-sharing websites. This was made despite vocal opposition from Internet subscribers and movie industry members. The legislation is expected to be enforced this summer. Of course, the United States, which diplomats helped to draft the law in question, were delighted at the news. But the RIAA seems to believe that it’s not enough for combating copyright infringement. In the Priority Watch List, Spain is joined by other defiant countries such as China, Russia, and, surprisingly, Canada, labelled as a huge threat to the American entertainment industry.

The list submitted by the RIAA will be considered by the US Trade Representative within the process of drafting its Special 301 Report published each year. The report in question is needed for identification of the countries denying proper copyright laws, which hurts the profits of American industries. As for the last year, Canada was also included on the priority watch list, but Spain was located a category lower, included on the regular watch list.

The RIAA doesn’t seem to notice that Spain has adopted a copyright law inspired by the US government, and still puts the country on the priority watch list. The organization insists that the fact of Spanish courts claiming that file-sharing is legal should be addressed in particular. In addition, the RIAA pointed at the Spain’s lack of ability to identify and report copyright infringers.

Apart from Spain, there’s another candidate for the priority watch list – Canada, which is suspected of showing slow progress on revising its copyright legislation. Overall, the RIAA and International Intellectual Property Alliance urge the American government to include 13 countries on the priority watch list in 2011.

Liam's and Beady Eye

What’s the story? Morning glory for early bird Liam Gallagher

Liam Gallagher

Liam Gallagher has told how he is locked in a battle with his alarm clock – in a bid to wake up before it rings.
The Manchester-born singer, who is about to relaunch his career with new band 'Beady Eye', sees it as a challenge to wake up ahead of the alarm.
In an interview with BBC 6 Music, he said: "I’m getting up earlier and earlier now man. I try and beat the alarm clock.
"The alarm goes off at six and I try to get up at 5.59 just to do its head in."
The former Oasis frontman pointed out that no matter how many times fans ask, he will not be playing any of his old hits when he plays live with Beady Eye.
In an interview with presenter Steve Lamacq, to be broadcast on Monday, he said: "Let ‘em shout. I’ve got a microphone, I'll be louder.
"I’ll just go ‘NO’ really loud - it’s not happening, get over it.
"I just think it’d be like splitting up with your Mrs and then meeting the new Mrs and having the ex round for tea - it’d be a bit too Simon Cowell, you know what I mean?"
Beady Eye release their debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding on February 28 and make their live debut next month.

Bob Marley

Bob Marley, the uneducated ghetto poet’s story is one of the 20th century's most powerful and compelling human dramas. A prolific songwriter and musician, of significance and importance, Marley died at age of thirty six from melanoma cancer. Every aspect of Marley's brief but extraordinary life has been the subject of the pen. His meteoric rise to international cultural importance and musical significance made him one of the most significant contributors to world culture. Had he lived he would have been sixty-six on February 6, 2011.

Reggae Music’s royal house consisted of Bob Marley, the “King of Reggae Music,” Peter Tosh the “Black Prince of Reggae Music” and Dennis Brown the “Crown Prince of Reggae Music.” While Dennis Brown was reggae music’s quintessential singer, its ultimate stylist and most influential vocalist, Bob Marley, was the Poet Laureate of Reggae Music, and, according to cultural critic Dr. Basil Wilson, reggae music's Classical Troubadour. No other Jamaican since Marcus Garvey has had such a great impact on the world community’s consciousness with regard to the struggle for human rights, equality and justice as the Marley legacy.

As one-third of the legendary reggae group the Wailers, along with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer his words and lyrics were the Lyric Poetry of Rebellion. Bob’s international recognition and cultural influence made him the symbol in reggae that bridged the divide between the races. His music defined reggae’s form, contents, logic and ethos with its messages of social justice, themes of moral rearmament and freedom for the human spirit.  Marley became the group's most popular and successful spokesperson, though not it is most militant; that role was filled by Peter Tosh.

Marley's life work was filled with universal and immortal qualities. His music was the embodiment of the revolutionary spirit of human freedom. His visionary music opposed violence, embodied struggle and the celebration of life. It transcended race and class distinctions, geographic boundaries and political and ideological affiliations. The themes of his songs were rooted in the sociopolitical, spiritual and cultural experiences of the oppressed world, and his lyrics were filled with passion and emotion. Marley’s charismatic persona and vocal stage presence commanded the world’s attention. His music intertwined with his Rastafarian ideology expressed cultural authenticity.

His importance as a world figure was obvious in the year of his death when Time Magazine's obituary section placed him in the company of Israeli war hero/statesman Moshe Dyan, Academy Award winner William Holden, and four- star General Omar Bradley, as one of the important world figures who died in 1981. He’s received important awards including the Jamaican Order of Merit (The third highest honor in Jamaica. England's British Broadcasting Corporation declared his song "One Love," from his 1977 album "Exodus," the anthem of the 20th century, and called Marley the Songwriter of the Century. Time Magazine also selected "Exodus" as the Album of the Century. The New York Times designated his 1974 album "Burnin'" as "the work of art from the 20th century that will survive 100 years into the future," and placed his album "Exodus" in a time capsule to be opened at the end of this century. Vibe Magazine called "African Herbs Man" one of the 100 best albums of the century. He was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the United States. Bob was also awarded the United Nations Medal of Peace on behalf of Africans. Disney Corp. built a $20 million memorial theme park in his honor at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. With the world heaping such accolades upon him, it would be fitting for the government of Jamaica to consider upgrading Marley national award from Order of Merit given at the time of his death 30 years ago.

When he was alive, Marley as a musician was hard news for major newspapers and was the front-page story wherever he went around the world. In Ireland, he shared headlines with Pope John Paul II on the Pope's visit to that country. Voted the "hottest band in music" by Rolling Stone Magazine in 1979, the Wailers broke all attendance records set by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in Europe in 1980.

"He is great who is what he is from nature, and never reminds us of others." 
"Representative Man"- Ralph Emerson

Phil Collins"Cadbury Gorilla Advert"Extended with lyrics

Very funny still makes me laugh

Somewhere over the Rainbow - Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole

This is IZ,s most famous song it brings shivers to my spine, it is just great, it is just a pity he died so young at the age of 38 on June 26 1997, its a shame his songs are only just now being played.